Display-card holder.



J. P. ANDERSON.

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J OHN P. ANDERSON, OF BALTIMOBE, MARYL J. GAENG, OF BALTIMORE, :1

,assrenon or ONE-HALF 'ro smou- DISPLAY-CABD HOLDER.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: P. ANDERSON, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Display-Card Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to advertising devices and the like, and hasreference particularly to display card holders adapted to bearadvertising matter, and to hold for display, a sample of the goodsadvertised, or other article.

The objectof the invention is to provide such a device which is ofsimple and inexpensive construction, easily set up and attractive inappearance.

To this end. the invention consists in a display card holder formedpreferably of a single piece of material, such as cardboard, having a.front or display portion adapted to receive advertising matterandprovided with an aperture to receive and support a sample of the goodsadvertised, or other article, and side portions suitably united at therear and forming a support for the front portion to maintain it in asubstantially upright position, all as I will proceed now to-explain andfinally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which, like parts are similarly designated,

'Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de-- vice;

Fig. 2 is a rear view;

Fig. 3 is a central, vertical section of a portion of the device,showing in dotted lines a sample of goods; and,

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the blank, which when properly folded and setup forms the complete device.

The front portion 1 has a laterally extended upper part 2, adapted toreceive the name and other matter advertising the commodity offered forsale. The portion 1 is also provided with an opening 3, formed by cuts44:, 55', 66, and 7 and by scoring or otherwise suitably providing forfolding the material along the dotted lines 8-8 and 9+9 so that when theflapslO and 11 and 12 and 13 are folded back at substantially rightangles to the lane of the front portion, the flap 10 will form in effecta shelf upon which the sample may rest, and the Specification of LettersPatent.

flaps 12 and 13 will form lateral supports therefor, all of the flapsfrictionally engaging the sample through the inherent springiness of thematerial of which the device is made, to thereby hold the sample inproper position for display, as shown in Fig. 3.

Extendin from the sides of the front portion 1 are side portions 14 and15, each of which is cut diagonally along the lower edge with respecttothe straight bottom edge 16 of the front portion, so that when thedevice is set up it will have a slight backward slant to be the moreeasily viewed when set up for display. The side portion 14: is cut at 1718, and 19 to provide a flap 20, and the side portion 15 is similarly,cut at 21, 22, and 23 to form a flap 24, and these flaps are formedwith V-shaped or other suitable notches 25vand 26, respectively,.so thatwhen they are folded back upon the dotted lines 27 and 28, respectively,which are scored or otherwise suitably prepared for bending, and theside portions are bent back at right angles to the front portion alongthe lines 29 and 30, also scored or otherwise prepared for bending, thenotches may be inte'rengaged with the complemental portions of the flaps20 and 24, to thereby form a support for the front portion.

The lateral extensions of the part 2 of the front portion 1 areseparated from the side portions bycuts 31 and 32.

The device may have its several parts shaped and decorated to producerepresentations of various articles of commerce as desired, and it isobvious that other details of construction may be altered withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of theappendedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. A display card holder comprising a formed of a single piece ofmaterial, com- Patented Get. 15, 1918. Application filed. March 8, 1917.Serial No. 15$,388.

prising a front portion, side portions extend- 'edges of said sideportions being cut diagomg therefrom, said front portion provided nallyfor the purpose specified, the whole with an aperture having flapsadapted to forming a unitary structure. 10 support and f-riotionallyhold an article, and In testimony whereof I have affixed my 5 flaps onsaid side portions provided with signature.

means for uniting them to hold said side portions in adjusted position,the bottom JOHNv P. ANDERSON.

